PL28745: POSTSCRIPT PO, TYPECHECK ERROR.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• THE USER SCRIPTS A DOCUMENT USING THE POSTSCRIPT (.PO) CONTROL
  WORD.  THIS INCLUDES A POSTSCRIPT FILE THAT HAS BEEN TESTED AND
  PRINTS ON A POSTSCRIPT DEVICE WITH OUT ERRORS.  HE RECEIVES
  A 'TYPECHECK' ERROR AT THE PRINTER AND NOTHING PRINTS.
  

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Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: ALL DCF USERS                                *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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   THE USER SCRIPTED A DOCUMENT WHICH USED THE POSTSCRIPT (.PO)
   CONTROL WORD TO INCLUDE A POSTSCRIPT FILE. THE INCLUDED
   POSTSCRIPT FILE HAD BEEN SEPARATELY TESTED AND PRINTED
   SUCCESSFULLY ON A POSTSCRIPT PRINTER. THE DCF DOCUMENT
   FORMATTED SUCCESSFULLY AND WITHOUT ERRORS BUT WHEN THE USER
   ATTEMPTED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENT A 'TYPECHECK' ERROR WAS ISSUED
   BY THE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER AND NOTHING PRINTED.  THIS HAPPENED
  BECAUSE WHEN THE .PO CONTROL WORD IS USED DCF  ASSUMES THE
  PRINTER WILL HAVE A FONT LOADED BEFORE THE DCF  GENERATED
  DOCUMENT BEGINS TO PRINT. IF THE PRINTER DOES NOT  HAVE A
  CURRENT FONT THEN THE DOCUMENT MAY NOT PRINT AND A
   'TYPECHECK' ERROR MAY BE INDICATED BY THE POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
   PROGRAM.
  

Problem conclusion

• THE DCF SCRIPT/VS LANGUAGE REFERENCE (SH35007005)  WILL  ADD  A
  REMARK TO THE .PO CONTROL WORD (PG. 224) STATING:
    DCF   REQUIRES  A  PRELOADED  FONT  WHEN  A  DOCUMENT
    CONTAINS A POSTSCRIPT IMAGE.  THIS FONT WILL BE  USED
    FOR  THE  POSTSCRIPT IMAGE.   IF NO FONT IS LOADED IN
    THE PRINTER BEFORE PRINTING THE  DCF  DOCUMENT  WHICH
    USES  THE  .PO CONTROL WORD, A POSTSCRIPT 'TYPECHECK'
    ERROR MAY RESULT.  IF YOUR PRINTER DOES NOT PRELOAD A
    FONT, CONSULT YOUR POSTSCRIPT DOCUMENTATION  TO  FIND
    OUT HOW THIS MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED.
  

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